9/23. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1626 — Warning Against Begging While Affluent
To Whom Zakat Is To Be Paid And The Definition Of A Wealthy Person
Begging in Islam Hadith: When a Person Has Enough
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1626
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1626
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ جَاءَتْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ خُمُوشٌ - أَوْ خُدُوشٌ - أَوْ كُدُوحٌ - فِي وَجْهِهِ " . فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْغِنَى قَالَ " خَمْسُونَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ قِيمَتُهَا مِنَ الذَّهَبِ " . قَالَ يَحْيَى فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ لِسُفْيَانَ حِفْظِي أَنَّ شُعْبَةَ لاَ يَرْوِي عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ فَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَقَدْ حَدَّثَنَاهُ زُبَيْدٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ .
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who begs (from people) when he is affluent will come on the Day of Resurrection with scrapes, scratchings, or lacerations on his face. He was asked: What constitutes affluence, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is fifty dirhams or its value in gold. The narrator Yahya said: Abdullah ibn Sufyan said to Sufyan: I remember that Shu'bah does not narrate from Hakim ibn Jubayr. Sufyan said: Zubayr transmitted to us this tradition from Muhammad ibn AbdurRahman ibn Yazid.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1626In-book reference : Book 9, Hadith 71English translation : Book 9, Hadith 1622
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1626
This begging in Islam hadith gives a serious warning about asking people when one already has enough. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud narrates that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said whoever begs while having what suffices him will come on the Day of Resurrection with marks on his face, described as scrapes, scratches, or lacerations. When asked what counts as affluence, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied: fifty dirhams or its value in gold. The hadith is direct, so the explanation should stay direct too. It is not attacking the needy. It is warning against asking without need. For search terms like “hadith about begging with enough wealth” and “fifty dirhams hadith,” this narration gives both the warning and the stated measure.
What we learn from this hadith
- Begging while having enough is strongly warned against.
- The narration gives a stated measure: fifty dirhams or its value in gold.
- The warning is about needless asking, not real hardship.
- A person should check his own means before asking others.
